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rootedbox • today at 5:47 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

Just a reminder.. Hilbert space is just a tool/abstraction/map... and the map is not the territory..


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dr_dshiv • today at 5:57 AM

Yes! But at some level, doesn’t it kind of get blurred?

That is, we are trying to come up with rules describing the underlying rules, right? The world isn’t made of stuff, it’s made of rules, right? Or math? Just not the same notation, at least.

Help! I feel like I’m falling off a metaphysical cliff!

japanuspus • today at 6:00 AM

No. The Hilbert space is the territory. Our perceived classical world is the map.

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